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 Posted - April 19 2015 : 11:16:31 AM
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For this week, my AOTW is a bunch of old H0 scale track.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - April 19 2015 : 12:31:30 PM
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Love old brass track. Everytime I see it I want to
build something.
A lot of people say brass doesn't conduct as well
as nickel silver, but I find that a little cleaning with
Wahl's Hair Clipper Oil it exceeds NS in performance,
and the oil keeps it clean and free of oxide for
three months, easy. Plus, the warm patina of brass
can't be beat for simple beauty.
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Posted - April 19 2015 : 1:22:54 PM
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This week my accessory is a Jordon Popcorn wagon. I figure I've built well over a thousand models in the last 55 years and this little thing was as tough as any of them. 
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Posted - April 19 2015 : 1:48:01 PM
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quote:This week my accessory is a Jordon Popcorn wagon. I figure I've built well over a thousand models in the last 55 years and this little thing was as tough as any of them.
Originally posted by Gary BÂ -Â April 19 2015Â :Â 1:22:54 PM
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Beautiful work Gary. That is great detail work.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - April 19 2015 : 2:58:19 PM
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quote:This week my accessory is a Jordon Popcorn wagon. I figure I've built well over a thousand models in the last 55 years and this little thing was as tough as any of them.
Originally posted by Gary BÂ -Â April 19 2015Â :Â 1:22:54 PM
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I've built a few Jordan kits, too and each one nearly cost me my sanity (such as it is), but they are real gems! That popcorn wagon could be the centerpiece of an interesting little vignette on the layout. 
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Posted - April 19 2015 : 4:19:46 PM
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| Very nice Gary. I been thinkin' about doin' another one of those Jordan kits. I did the buckboards once and hopin' that I learned enough caution to try another.
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Posted - April 19 2015 : 5:15:40 PM
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A pack of my old billboards with lights.
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Posted - April 19 2015 : 8:57:48 PM
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Think I'll go off the wall with my AOTW. Mine is a card board cutout western town I got to
put on my test track. Won't have to use my good kits for it.
It'll give me an idea of how my locos and cars will look on my layout when I get to build it.
By the way Gary, nice to see how the Jordan kits turn out. I've got most of the wagons, including
the hearse. Very good work on that piece.
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Posted - April 19 2015 : 10:14:15 PM
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quote:This week my accessory is a Jordon Popcorn wagon. I figure I've built well over a thousand models in the last 55 years and this little thing was as tough as any of them.
Originally posted by Gary BÂ -Â April 19 2015Â :Â 1:22:54 PM
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 I've actually seen one of those things at the Pacific Science Center over the years.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - April 19 2015 : 10:38:51 PM
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yeah Chops
BUT If no one wants my TONS of brass it will be tossed into the recycle bin & tie too 
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Posted - April 19 2015 : 10:48:22 PM
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Nooooooooooo!
Nice popcorn wagon, BTW.
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Posted - April 20 2015 : 8:01:17 PM
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quote:Nooooooooooo!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â April 19 2015Â :Â 10:48:22 PM
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Sorry Chops but I needs to get rid of it
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Posted - April 20 2015 : 9:41:35 PM
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quote: quote:Nooooooooooo!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â April 19 2015Â :Â 10:48:22 PM
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Sorry Chops but I needs to get rid of it
Originally posted by microbusss - April 20 2015 : 8:01:17 PM
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Kijiji/Craigslist it Ben. I'm sure some kid would love a free box of track. 
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Posted - April 20 2015 : 9:42:49 PM
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Buss, do you happen to have any fancy brass track, such as single slips, double slips, or 3-ways?
Glenn
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Posted - April 20 2015 : 9:54:20 PM
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quote:Buss, do you happen to have any fancy brass track, such as single slips, double slips, or 3-ways?
Originally posted by gmoney - April 20 2015 : 9:42:49 PM
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um what, what & what? 
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Posted - April 20 2015 : 10:40:12 PM
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quote: quote:Buss, do you happen to have any fancy brass track, such as single slips, double slips, or 3-ways?
Originally posted by gmoney - April 20 2015 : 9:42:49 PM
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um what, what & what?
Originally posted by microbusss - April 20 2015 : 9:54:20 PM
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I take that as "um no, no, & no."
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Posted - April 21 2015 : 7:00:29 PM
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| what do they look like?
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Posted - April 21 2015 : 7:05:49 PM
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quote:what do they look like?
Originally posted by microbusss - April 21 2015 : 7:00:29 PM
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Single and double slips are crossing diamonds that also double as switches. They can be set for the train to roll straight across or turn onto the track that cuts across the track the train is on.
Three way switches are like regular switches except that the track splits into three different routes instead of just two.
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Posted - April 21 2015 : 8:04:35 PM
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| no I only has single switches & Xs
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Posted - April 21 2015 : 10:03:02 PM
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quote: quote: quote:Buss, do you happen to have any fancy brass track, such as single slips, double slips, or 3-ways?
Originally posted by gmoney - April 20 2015 : 9:42:49 PM
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um what, what & what?
Originally posted by microbusss - April 20 2015 : 9:54:20 PM
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I take that as "um no, no, & no."
Originally posted by gmoney - April 20 2015 : 10:40:12 PM
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 That's funny.
-Steve
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Posted - April 23 2015 : 11:19:52 AM
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Getting back on track, my AOTW offering is another one horse power unit that
has traveled about with me since I picked it up in an LA hobby shop in 1992.
Recently resurrected onto my new British layout, in progress.
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Posted - April 23 2015 : 10:07:32 PM
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Very nice popcorn wagon, Gary. Anyone who can put together a Jordan metal kit and have it come out looking like that has my respect!
Also, I'd like to get rid of brass track as well if anyone wants it. I have a whole pile of random straights and curves and junk, plus one 3-way switch (the ones AHM imported in the 70s), although I might want to hold on to that.
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Posted - April 23 2015 : 11:13:11 PM
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quote:Very nice popcorn wagon, Gary. Anyone who can put together a Jordan metal kit and have it come out looking like that has my respect!
Also, I'd like to get rid of brass track as well if anyone wants it. I have a whole pile of random straights and curves and junk, plus one 3-way switch (the ones AHM imported in the 70s), although I might want to hold on to that.
Originally posted by PRR 4800Â -Â April 23 2015Â :Â 10:07:32 PM
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Got any 22" radius curves?
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